Dec 17, 2021
Whale louse (Cyamus scammoni)
Photo by Tony Wu
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Whale louse (Cyamus scammoni)
Photo by Tony Wu
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This close-up photo of a right whale's head shows dozens of hitchhikers—tiny crustaceans known as whale lice, or cyamid amphipods. They live on the rough patches of skin (known as callosities) on North Atlantic right whales, eating algae that settles there and only causing minor skin damage. Distinctive patterns formed by their white bodies crowding around rough patches on whales’ skin help researchers tell one right whale from another!
photo Michael Moore /WHOI
Estos son "piojos de las ballenas" (en realidad, son Ciámidos [Cyamidae], estrechamente relacionado con camarones) viven en la piel y en las fosas nasales y los ojos de las ballenas y otros mamíferos marinos.
Alrededor de 7.500 piojos de las ballenas viven en una sola ballena! Patrones distintivos formados por sus cuerpos blancos hacinados alrededor de la parches ásperos en la piel ayudan a los investigadores ballenas dicen una ballena franca de otro.
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Foto: © Michael Moore / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution